Heres my setup (40 Gallon)

Lol...is there an echo in this forum? Cause I keep hearing the same thing over and over.:D

I think we've pretty much covered everything for now, thanks for all your help.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

They said earlier that they can't afford to feed it more often.
"Im a student so I need something that's low maintenance and cheap to feed"

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Then at this time in his/her life, they should not be taking on the responsibility of another living/breathing animal if they cannot afford to properly feed it. And if they can't afford to feed it $5 (and that's on the high end estimate) a week of food, then it really concerns me what will happen if the animal requires veterinary care.

lol...I knew you were gonna say that when you asked your question. I bet you already had a reply written down before the above person even posted.

And its not that I dont have money, I just choose not to spend it. I've read and heard Bi-weekly by many people, so thats what Im doing. UNLESS I notice that he is hungry, then Ill be doing the weekly feeding

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Originally Posted by unhip_crayon

lol...I knew you were gonna say that when you asked your question. I bet you already had a reply written down before the above person even posted.

And its not that I dont have money, I just choose not to spend it. I've read and heard Bi-weekly by many people, so thats what Im doing. UNLESS I notice that he is hungry, then Ill be doing the weekly feeding

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Actually, no - I had missed that part about your finances.

The bulk of the membership here (over 15K registered members) feed on a weekly basis. I'm not certain where you've "heard" or "read" bi-weekly is recommended.

Good luck with your new animal.

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Originally Posted by unhip_crayon

Lol...is there an echo in this forum? Cause I keep hearing the same thing over and over.:D

I think we've pretty much covered everything for now, thanks for all your help.

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Not trying to flame here but you say your a student? College i assume? Well don't take offense to this. But you seem really against constructive criticism. I would hope you wouldn't have that same mind set in a work place. Or else it would just be a waste of money for you to attend school.

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Originally Posted by unhip_crayon

And its not that I dont have money, I just choose not to spend it. I've read and heard Bi-weekly by many people, so thats what Im doing. UNLESS I notice that he is hungry, then Ill be doing the weekly feeding

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Well see from what i read that all depends on what u feed him. What if all you can get is like small rats? Maybe 1 rat is not enough and wants 2-3? Will u feed him what he wants to make sure hes full for them 2 weeks? Or just feed him one rat every 2 weeks. I would be against 2 week feeding but if your feeding him enough so hes not hungry for around 2 weeks thats better i guess

Engineering student, Uni. And I'm all for constructive criticism and respect all your opinions, that's why I originally posted these pics. Thanks to you guys, I've prepared myself and thought of a back-up plan in case something doesn't work out, to adopt to the bp likings. But dont keep drilling me, I now understand balls are non-arboreal and are feed once a week by most people here, i get that. And I understand you guys are just looking after the animal safety, but from my research, I've learned that each BP is unique and until I purchase one, Ill never know.

Well if you are to feed him every 2 weeks (dont really have a prob with that) just make sure u feed him enough to last them 2 weeks. Even if it means twice the food

Cool, Thanks

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Originally Posted by rabernet

And if they can't afford to feed it $5 (and that's on the high end estimate) a week of food,

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Are you all sitting down? Before we got our BP last summer, I'd read/heard from several sources that BPs need to be fed only once a month. A $5 rat once a month. Wow, cheap!

Not only did once a month turn into once a week, but recently Patriot reached the point of 80g per feeding. That's the entire box of 4 "large" mice I was getting from Petsmart at $12/box. $12/week vs. $5/month is a humongous difference. I've since ordered in bulk online -- amen for bulk -- but my point here is not to be fooled by claims of feeding BPs only once or twice a month.

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Are you all sitting down? Before we got our BP last summer, I'd read/heard from several sources that BPs need to be fed only once a month. A $5 rat once a month. Wow, cheap!

Not only did once a month turn into once a week, but recently Patriot reached the point of 80g per feeding. That's the entire box of 4 "large" mice I was getting from Petsmart at $12/box. $12/week vs. $5/month is a humongous difference. I've since ordered in bulk online -- amen for bulk -- but my point here is not to be fooled by claims of feeding BPs only once or twice a month.

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idk i think they should be fed what they want :P if they wanna eat 2 rats a week then why not if their hungry? As long as its not too much